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I know they are destructive and deadly to us, but sure are beautiful to me as part of nature. Great photo. Glad you are safe (now you can post pics of new Z421 next 
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I do as well. Unless you learn to disregard what other people say and think, something which apparently many younger people today have not learned to do. Motorcyclists have an old saying: Ride your own ride. Keeps you from crashing trying to keep up with someone with more skills or recklessness. It applies to many things off the bike, too...
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Good morning all,
First off, cool picture BEF. While tornadoes can be very destructive they are cool to see. (especially if no one gets hurt)
42 this morning and you guessed it.....raining. Not sure how much longer this is supposed to keep going. I guess it's a good test for my new house to make sure the roof is leak proof. So far so good. :thumbsup:
Not much going on today. A funeral for a neighbor, think he was like 98 or so. Wish the weather was better for that.
Prayers for all, there are many in need at the moment. Have a nice day.
First off, cool picture BEF. While tornadoes can be very destructive they are cool to see. (especially if no one gets hurt)
42 this morning and you guessed it.....raining. Not sure how much longer this is supposed to keep going. I guess it's a good test for my new house to make sure the roof is leak proof. So far so good. :thumbsup:
Not much going on today. A funeral for a neighbor, think he was like 98 or so. Wish the weather was better for that.
Prayers for all, there are many in need at the moment. Have a nice day.
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Well, you're mostly right, Eric. I tried out the Nice'n'Soft to keep the mosquitoes away last night, and I'm afraid all it did was give them a scent trail to follow to dinner. Thanks anyway, I'll stick to my usual...
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Thanks for the reminder, Wng. I'd forgotten all about signing up for the Shingrex at Costco, apparently about the same time you did. Still no word here, so maybe there's another reason for the shortage at this end of the country?
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Glad to see Whipper so comfortable in her new slippers, Don. Some dogs aren't quite so smart...
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It's 28° again this morning. It looks like we got about 3 more inches of snow overnight. Today is going to be partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. With a high around 55° and windy.
The tornadoes are few and far between out here in this part of the west. I shouldn't be complaining about the snow, it could be a lot worse. The closest I have been to tornado was back in the late 70's. I was driving over the road, my team driver and I stopped at a truck stop in Pennsylvania to take a shower. While we were there a thunderstorm moved through. There was no warming of a tornado. When we were getting ready to get back on the road people were talking about the tornado. We hadn't gone more then a mile when we seen the damage along the interstate. It makes me think that a little snow isn't all that bad.
We didn't make to town yesterday so that's the plan for today.
Hope all the projects of the day goes well for everyone.
CWB.
The tornadoes are few and far between out here in this part of the west. I shouldn't be complaining about the snow, it could be a lot worse. The closest I have been to tornado was back in the late 70's. I was driving over the road, my team driver and I stopped at a truck stop in Pennsylvania to take a shower. While we were there a thunderstorm moved through. There was no warming of a tornado. When we were getting ready to get back on the road people were talking about the tornado. We hadn't gone more then a mile when we seen the damage along the interstate. It makes me think that a little snow isn't all that bad.
We didn't make to town yesterday so that's the plan for today.
Hope all the projects of the day goes well for everyone.
CWB.
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Good Morning!!!! 57F @ 6:00 AM. Sun and clouds mixed. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 79F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Sounds like you had a very good day, Bird!
No sense rushing things, Bill. Best to savor that mulching experience by putting it off as long as possible!:laughing:
Kinda like my tractor repair: I picked up the nut I needed yesterday, but forgot all about also needing hydraulic fluid.:shocked:
But I did complete all sorts of other errands in town yesterday, including picking up an old propane tank for a Vanagon that a fellow had replaced instead of reconditioned. I reconditioned the one I already had, but couldn't let this one pass as it was being given away and seemingly needed a good home. Might use it for gray water, or ???. Didn't feel right just picking it up for free, so I stopped in at the Safeway grocery store just down the street and picked up a selection of wines; they offer a 10% discount when you buy six, and the helpful wine buyer there made sure I left with eight. One of which Brian, my new propane tank friend and fellow Vanagon owner, picked to enjoy later with his wife later in the day. And who, by the time I made it back home, had messaged me asking for help locating a new distributor for his van. My parts van may have what he needs, but the one on it is very likely worn out, too, but I was able to pass along several sources where he might find a new one.
And speaking of vans, mine ran pretty much as expected yesterday: nice and smooth until I engaged the decoupler and the drive shaft and front differential started spinning, and vibrating. So it's either the drive shaft or the front diff, not the tires, not the transaxle, and probably not the front axles or CV joints. I say probably, because the vibration at 65 MPH was gone, which might implicate the CVs/axles, which I'd planned to rebuild anyway. It turns out the ex-mechanic now has another victim's, er, customer's, van with a vibration problem, and he called me last night to ask how to fix it:shocked: Good question, I wish I knew...
Finished the evening with a camp fire, the wood for which had been in the pit for several weeks, and rains, yet was surprisingly dry. It took right off with only a single dousing of #2, a sign that the surrounding countryside is also getting baked to a crisp and is primed for wildfire. Fed it with a bunch of "confidential" stuff I don't trust to the trash, and also some expired prescription medication I couldn't dispose of at any of the local pharmacies.:confused2: Two of which were inhalers, which made surprisingly loud pops when they went off, before which I'd retreated safely behind the bead blaster to avoid getting hit with any shrapnel. The things we do in the name of safety...
Today I find myself in an opportunity rich environment: I could put the tractor back together and reclaim the use of the jack stands now holding it up, or I could pull the front diff off the van and see if anything obvious looks bad inside, or I could work in the big dirt bike and get it ready for a campout down south next weekend. Gosh, seems like a no brainer which one gets done first...:laughing:
I see I'm not the only one that's busy; many of you need to slow down because you're making the rest of us look bad. :confused2::laughing:
And David, for cryin' out loud, put some steel toed boots on when you're doin' stuff like that.:shocked: The last thing I wanna read about is you with a new pair of plaster casts on your feet, acting like one of those poor dogs in the video!
Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, weekend eve!
TGIF!:drink:
Sounds like you had a very good day, Bird!
No sense rushing things, Bill. Best to savor that mulching experience by putting it off as long as possible!:laughing:
Kinda like my tractor repair: I picked up the nut I needed yesterday, but forgot all about also needing hydraulic fluid.:shocked:
But I did complete all sorts of other errands in town yesterday, including picking up an old propane tank for a Vanagon that a fellow had replaced instead of reconditioned. I reconditioned the one I already had, but couldn't let this one pass as it was being given away and seemingly needed a good home. Might use it for gray water, or ???. Didn't feel right just picking it up for free, so I stopped in at the Safeway grocery store just down the street and picked up a selection of wines; they offer a 10% discount when you buy six, and the helpful wine buyer there made sure I left with eight.
One of which Brian, my new propane tank friend and fellow Vanagon owner, picked to enjoy later with his wife later in the day. And who, by the time I made it back home, had messaged me asking for help locating a new distributor for his van. My parts van may have what he needs, but the one on it is very likely worn out, too, but I was able to pass along several sources where he might find a new one.And speaking of vans, mine ran pretty much as expected yesterday: nice and smooth until I engaged the decoupler and the drive shaft and front differential started spinning, and vibrating. So it's either the drive shaft or the front diff, not the tires, not the transaxle, and probably not the front axles or CV joints. I say probably, because the vibration at 65 MPH was gone, which might implicate the CVs/axles, which I'd planned to rebuild anyway. It turns out the ex-mechanic now has another victim's, er, customer's, van with a vibration problem, and he called me last night to ask how to fix it:shocked: Good question, I wish I knew...
Finished the evening with a camp fire, the wood for which had been in the pit for several weeks, and rains, yet was surprisingly dry. It took right off with only a single dousing of #2, a sign that the surrounding countryside is also getting baked to a crisp and is primed for wildfire. Fed it with a bunch of "confidential" stuff I don't trust to the trash, and also some expired prescription medication I couldn't dispose of at any of the local pharmacies.:confused2: Two of which were inhalers, which made surprisingly loud pops when they went off, before which I'd retreated safely behind the bead blaster to avoid getting hit with any shrapnel.
The things we do in the name of safety...Today I find myself in an opportunity rich environment: I could put the tractor back together and reclaim the use of the jack stands now holding it up, or I could pull the front diff off the van and see if anything obvious looks bad inside, or I could work in the big dirt bike and get it ready for a campout down south next weekend. Gosh, seems like a no brainer which one gets done first...:laughing:
I see I'm not the only one that's busy; many of you need to slow down because you're making the rest of us look bad. :confused2:
:laughing:And David, for cryin' out loud, put some steel toed boots on when you're doin' stuff like that.:shocked: The last thing I wanna read about is you with a new pair of plaster casts on your feet, acting like one of those poor dogs in the video!
Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, weekend eve!
TGIF!:drink:
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70°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 91° today. We're expecting 80s and rain all weekend.
Congrats, Buppies. Great news.
We have some places near us like that, Bird. Our favorite is called Blue Springs Cafe just off I-70 near Pierron/Highland IL. They serve "family style" meals. On Fridays, they have all-you-can-eat breaded walleye, and it's fantastic. Like your chicken, though, we can never get past the first serving. Comes with endless mashed potatoes and white gravy, green beans, cole slaw, pickled beets, and a basket with bread rolls and corn bread muffins and apple butter. They are also semi-famous for their "foot high pies," which are really just about 1" of pie and 11" of meringue. We never make it to dessert.
Congrats, Buppies. Great news.
We have some places near us like that, Bird. Our favorite is called Blue Springs Cafe just off I-70 near Pierron/Highland IL. They serve "family style" meals. On Fridays, they have all-you-can-eat breaded walleye, and it's fantastic. Like your chicken, though, we can never get past the first serving. Comes with endless mashed potatoes and white gravy, green beans, cole slaw, pickled beets, and a basket with bread rolls and corn bread muffins and apple butter. They are also semi-famous for their "foot high pies," which are really just about 1" of pie and 11" of meringue. We never make it to dessert.
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Good Morning Everyone!!!!!
A breezy overcast 56ºF for today’s low temperature; a breezy 57ºF presently; and I anticipate clearing skies and a breezy afternoon in the mid 60ºF’s. A matinee movie and an “early bird” dinner is today’s plan. It keeps Wifey happy. Weekend looks to be a mixed weather weekend. Our exBIL comes from a military family. We will be doing a day trip down to CT to celebrate (Sunday) Memorial Day with them. Rain showers with possible T-storms anticipated. I’ve been close to tornadoes, but never that close. I have experienced a straight line microburst that killed a guy in his car when an old maple tree crushed him in his VW. I saw the tree fall on him ~ 50 yards away from the “safety” of a State Park First Aid station. The skid portable station was moving sideways in that downburst. I was on scene. He was definitely dead. I had my sailboat’s mast in the water in another microburst. I was one of the few sailboats on the lake that did not turtle in that storm. That Lake is 6 miles long. I watched it coming my way and had enough time to drop sails and batten down.
The NWS called me before the tornado that tore up Springfield, MA for a weather update. I did get a picture of a funnel forming overhead with that weather event.
Buppies- Great news!!!
Kyle- My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for your daughter, you, and the rest of your family.
David- A professional looking cutout and another creative idea of yours as to how to lift the cut sections.
Bill- From what I read the less contact your cats have with your treated clothing the better. I am waiting for a calm day to spray my clothing and footwear outside.
Don- Whipper looks good decked out in those booties.
BEF- Awesome weather picture. Thanks for sharing,:cool;
Billy- I doubt that any of our dogs would ever have tolerated booties.
RNG- Sawyer makes great insect repellant products. SSS seemed more like a biting insect attractor for me as well; a smelly human buffet line.
I hope everyone is having a manageable day.
My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.
A breezy overcast 56ºF for today’s low temperature; a breezy 57ºF presently; and I anticipate clearing skies and a breezy afternoon in the mid 60ºF’s. A matinee movie and an “early bird” dinner is today’s plan. It keeps Wifey happy.
Weekend looks to be a mixed weather weekend. Our exBIL comes from a military family. We will be doing a day trip down to CT to celebrate (Sunday) Memorial Day with them. Rain showers with possible T-storms anticipated. I’ve been close to tornadoes, but never that close. I have experienced a straight line microburst that killed a guy in his car when an old maple tree crushed him in his VW. I saw the tree fall on him ~ 50 yards away from the “safety” of a State Park First Aid station. The skid portable station was moving sideways in that downburst. I was on scene. He was definitely dead. I had my sailboat’s mast in the water in another microburst. I was one of the few sailboats on the lake that did not turtle in that storm. That Lake is 6 miles long. I watched it coming my way and had enough time to drop sails and batten down.The NWS called me before the tornado that tore up Springfield, MA for a weather update. I did get a picture of a funnel forming overhead with that weather event.
Buppies- Great news!!!
Kyle- My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for your daughter, you, and the rest of your family.
David- A professional looking cutout and another creative idea of yours as to how to lift the cut sections.
Bill- From what I read the less contact your cats have with your treated clothing the better. I am waiting for a calm day to spray my clothing and footwear outside.
Don- Whipper looks good decked out in those booties.
BEF- Awesome weather picture. Thanks for sharing,:cool;
Billy- I doubt that any of our dogs would ever have tolerated booties.
RNG- Sawyer makes great insect repellant products. SSS seemed more like a biting insect attractor for me as well; a smelly human buffet line.
I hope everyone is having a manageable day.
My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.
